It's About Oil Already

There's a democratically elected government in Iraq but that hasn't stopped the anarchy. American troops and Iraqi security forces are making efforts but the unrest keeps growing. Among many groups that have targeted occupying U.S. soldiers have been the Sunni insurgents. Now, a strange turn of events in going on. Sunnis are recognizing that the only force that can protect them from the growing Shiite Arabs and Hezbollah groups is the U.S. That's not to say that the Sunni leadership supports democracy in Iraq but with this new "Shia revival" in Lebanon, Iran and now Iraq, a civil war is imminent. The Sunni insurgents now want the American soldiers to stay a little longer and curb the violence.

Oh Brother, what a mess!

When Saddam Hussein (a Sunni) was in power, mixed neighborhoods of Christian, Muslim and other sects lived side-by-side in relative peace. Saddam's chilling evil surprisingly kept the peace in places with religious differences. Democracy today fails to do the same. This part of the world is so complicated, diverse and troubled, how in the world did President Bush think he could introduce freedom and all would embrace it? Anti-zionism, anti-democracy, anti-capitalism and anti-equality sediments among hundreds of militant groups will always prevail here. That's not pessimism or defeatism talking, it's the scary reality of the Middle East.

Why is it that whenever I mention President Bush or the Iraq War to someone who obviously voted Republican in the last two elections, they get all defensive and scream about President Clinton's moral shortcomings with Monica L? As if that equals or equates to a political cluster f**k where thousands of lives have ended and billions of tax dollars keep flowing!